Many enterprises provide their staff with unrestricted Internet access. To
have an unlimited Internet connection at a speed of 128kbit/s or more sounds
great, but it may lead to negative consequences, even if employees don't seem
to use the Internet for purposes other than work. In many cases, when an
organization hasn't managed to solve the Internet access control problem, the
Internet connection can easily be abused by delivering spam, viruses, and
other unauthorized things. And if an organization uses a wireless network the
problem can be worse.
So for system administrators the problems of Internet access accounting and
security can be a serious headache. In this article I'll consider the problem
in detail and offer a simple remedy that solves the problem in a secure and
flexible way.
The Common Organization of the Internet Access
The most widely used scheme of I... (more)